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Allowances consist of the various forms of regular or exceptional payments that some school heads may receive (in addition to their statutory salaries) for:

Other tasks and responsibilities: Management responsibilities (other than school head duties), working more hours, student counselling, delivering extracurricular activities, special tasks (training student teachers), acting as a class/form teacher, or mentoring.

Qualifications, training and performance: Acquisition of further formal qualifications, successful completion of professional development activities, or outstanding performance.

Working conditions: Working with students with special education needs or in schools in remote or disadvantaged areas.

Other criteria: Such as residence or family status.

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Detailed information on these allowances clustered per category of allowances is provided in the “national information” section.

Comparative information

School heads' salaries

School heads´ allowances

Teachers' salaries